Leadership Quotes

The leader focuses on people. The manager focuses on systems and structure.

The leader inspires. The managers controls.

The leader is his own person. The manager is a good soldier.

The leader sees the long-term. The manager sees the short-term.

The leader asks what, any, why. The manager asks how and when.

The leader does the right thing. The manager does things right.
(Warren G. Bennis)

Managers are people who do things right. Leaders are people who do the right thing.
(Warren G. Bennis)

Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.
(Warren G. Bennis)

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centred and that gives their work meaning.
(Warren G. Bennis)

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.
(Woodrow Wilson)